The growth pattern of Neandertals, reconstructed from a juvenile skeleton from El Sidrón (Spain)

  • Antonio Rosas
    Paleoanthropology Group, Department of Paleobiology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN)–Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Calle José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
  • Luis Ríos
    Paleoanthropology Group, Department of Paleobiology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN)–Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Calle José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
  • Almudena Estalrrich
    Paleoanthropology Group, Department of Paleobiology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN)–Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Calle José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
  • Helen Liversidge
    Queen Mary University of London, Institute of Dentistry, Turner Street, London E1 2AD, UK.
  • Antonio García-Tabernero
    Paleoanthropology Group, Department of Paleobiology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN)–Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Calle José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
  • Rosa Huguet
    Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social–Unidad Asociada al CSIC, Campus Sescelades (Edifici W3), Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Carrer Marcel.lí Domingo s/n, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.
  • Hugo Cardoso
    Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A1S6, Canada.
  • Markus Bastir
    Paleoanthropology Group, Department of Paleobiology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN)–Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Calle José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
  • Carles Lalueza-Fox
    Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC–Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Carrer Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
  • Marco de la Rasilla
    Área de Prehistoria Departamento de Historia, Universidad de Oviedo, Calle Teniente Alfonso Martínez s/n, 33011 Oviedo, Spain.
  • Christopher Dean
    Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.

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公開日
2017-09-22
DOI
  • 10.1126/science.aan6463
公開者
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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<jats:title>Neandertal growth patterns</jats:title><jats:p>The ontogeny of different parts of the Neandertal skeleton has been derived from isolated bones and fragments. Rosas<jats:italic>et al.</jats:italic>present a more complete skeleton of a Neandertal child, aged 7 to 8 years, from a 49,000-year-old site in northern Spain. The skeleton preserves dental, cranial, and postcranial material, allowing the assessment of dental and skeletal maturation with age. Most of the elements indicate an overall growth rate similar to that of modern human children. The main difference between Neandertals and modern humans is in the vertebral column. Also, several features indicate ongoing brain growth. The pattern of vertebral maturation and extended brain growth might reflect the broad Neandertal body form and physiology, rather than a fundamental difference in the overall pace of growth in Neandertals.</jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Science</jats:italic>, this issue p.<jats:related-article xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="doi" issue="6357" page="1282" related-article-type="in-this-issue" vol="357" xlink:href="10.1126/science.aan6463">1282</jats:related-article></jats:p>

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    Science 357 (6357), 1282-1287, 2017-09-22

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